The Shakespeare Globe Trust

Shakespeare’s Globe Trust is dedicated to the experience and international understanding of Shakespeare in performance. Uniquely its work celebrates the fact that the greatest dramatic poet in the English language lived and worked in London and that the cradle of English theatre was on Bankside by the River Thames.

The Shakespeare Globe Trust gives expression to its purpose through three central and inter-dependent activities:

  • First, the faithfully reconstructed Globe Theatre, forming the heart of an extensive exhibition about Shakespeare and the theatre of his day. This will appeal to the widest spectrum of visitors.
  • Second, it will strive for an international reputation for performance excellence through it’s productions at the Globe Theatre, in performance conditions reproducing those of Shakespeare’s time. New work will also be stimulated.
  • Third, the Centre will be an international focal point for the study of Shakespeare in performance. The facilities at Bankside will be a resource for students, teachers and academics from all over the world and Shakespeare’s Globe will provide educational programmes and publish material for students at all levels.

The activities of Shakespeare’s Globe are self-financing in overall terms. Activities are therefore balanced in such a way that net income from the exhibition, box office and donations is sufficient to cover net deficits, for example on educational and academic work.

The Shakespeare Globe Trust 2005-6 Annual Review

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